1 hour With a Billionaire | @nikhil.kamath | The 1% Club Show | Ep 1

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I recently spent 1 hour with Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha and the founder of True Beacon, a new age hedge fund. From beginning his career as a call center executive to becoming one of the youngest billionaires in the world, his journey has been an inspiration for startup founders across India. Zerodha has truly revolutionized how investing is done in India and has played a huge role in the massive increase in retail participation in the stock market, especially among the millennials and GenZ.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:25 How much money is too much money?
03:30 How should someone with 12 LPA invest?
07:32 Why are you a conservative investor?
10:38 Why did you start a hedge fund?
16:50 What do you think about cryptocurrencies?
22:21 What do you think about DeFi projects?
24:56 What are some of the side projects you're working on?
28:20 Who are the top 5 people you surround yourself with?
32:52 How to hire the right kind of people?
35:18 What gives you sleepless nights?
41:24 What's the next big thing?

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Sharan Hegde is a finance content creator with 1.5 million followers across platforms. He previously worked as a management consultant for Big 4 companies such as PwC and KPMG where he worked with Fortune 500 companies to solve their strategy and growth problems.

Sharan is also an active angel investor in the fin-tech and ed-tech space. He is passionate about wealth advisory and hopes to educate Indians to become masters of their own financial planning

Disclaimer: Nothing that Sharan and Nikhil say should be taken as investment advice, you must do your own research. This is for educational purposes only.

[digitaldeepak]

First become a billionaire. Then become a philosopher. Pondering about the purpose of life is a luxury.

[bhavanar]

Listening to nikhil kamath talk is therapeutic !
He next venture should be spiritual guru !

[jainpackersandmovers]

This Dude is a really chill guy who just runs a company with his friends also enjoying his single life. Cheers to Nikhil Bro for the success.

[avinashhasamnis]

Nikhil is a great human being. He has reached the peak early in life .He has colleagues who are a larger part of his family with everyone having the same purpose about the organizational development. So he does not let himself bound by anything and is in a totally free state…. which is a great achievement by any means. Philanthrophy is a natural byproduct of the thought process at this state of being free.
Thinking about the purpose of life at this early stage in life shows his humble nature, but he needs a senior or a guru to guide/advise him .

[vasanthipartha]

I am 50 yrs old and watching for great knowledge. Good job your team is doing

[coderprakash]

Everyone is seeing him as billionaire am seeing and observing how he is talking calmly, maturely talking with atmost perfection with slow and steady 👏

[mandev]

"If you think long enough about anything in life, it will appear meaningless " - Truer words were seldom spoken

[kshitijpatil]

Damn, what an intellect Nikhil is. The way he speaks also portrays his finnancial accumen and genius

[ajinkyathakare]

The conversation was able to hold the attention throughout. Great work.

[bainabganguly]

This guy is one of the best financial advisors I have ever come across. His opinions are balanced and not unrealistic like, don't buy a car, don't buy a house; live bare minimum and stuff.

[dsaipreetham]

I like how nikhil, being a founder of zerodha, is honest in saying that he is conversative about equity.. instead of promoting folks to come on his platform

[mohammedshaik]

The Sooner the better, all this knowledge was black-box while in our graduation times of 2000, great job Sharan you are making finance things simple to consume.

[AshutoshKumar-bpdl]

Nikhil's voice is just so damn soothing

[raja]

Nikhil is superb from 37.17 onwards. Clear demonstration of how intense thinker he is . Wont be surprised if he becomes a monk at some stage in his life. Very insightful response he gave to the question for sleepless nights.

[kuberacolony]

Great interview Sharan! Please continue to educate India about Finance. This will propel us to become a great nation

[teegnas]

Irrespective of the audio quality, this was a damn good conversation.
Keep going strong.

[sachinphotography]

Two Gems in One Frame. Nikhil is so Calm and Inspiration

He has achieved so much at such a young age yet he is very humble

[vasushukla]

All these achievements and defeating Vishy Anand with 1.Nf3 e5 with black pieces(even Magnus will lose easily after the first move). What a guy this guy is!

[LapaL]

He is a genius creating his own gambit in chess "ZERODHA GAMBIT" in which he defeats chess grandmaster using engine. Amazing personality ❤️